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RHODODENDRON NUDIFLORUM ; var. scintillans (hy- 
bridum). Spark~inc RHopDODENDRON. 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Enricez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis 5-loba. Sta- 
mina 5—10, declinata: antheris apice biporosis. Capsula 
5-locularis, 5-valvis, ab apice dehiscens, valvarum margin- 
ibus inflexis, dissepimenta formantibus. Receptaculum 
centrale, 5-angulare. Semina membrana involuta. : 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Ruopopenpron (Azalea) nudiflorum. Linn.— Curt. Bot. 
Mag. t. 180. 
Var. hybrida, scintillans. 
Azatea nudiflora; var. scintillans. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 
1461. 
The hybrid varieties of the Azatza group of Ruopopen- 
DRON are almost endless, but few are more beautiful than 
the present, when growing vigorously, as was the case 
with the individual from which our figure was taken in the 
American border of the Glasgow Botanic Garden. 
The origin of this variety, first reared by Mr. Gowen, the 
gardener at High Clere, is thus given in his own words, in 
the Botanical Register. ‘ This Azatea was raised at High 
Clere in the same year with those already figured in previ- 
ous parts of this work, and is a seedling from AzALEa coc- 
cinea, (nudiflora, var. coccinea, ) major, impregnated by the 
pollen of Azarea Pontica. 
No where perhaps are the varieties of Azatea, Ruopo- 
DENDRON, and other choice American shrubs cultivated upon 
a larger scale, or more successfully, than in the Nursery of 
our friend Mr. Curtis at Glazenwood, where the present 
hybrid makes a very splendid appearance. 
